Combined ash pan and sifter.



W. F. BROWN COMBINED ASH PAN AND SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28.1916.

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w. FRANK, BROWN, OFHIGH rom'r, NORTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED ASH PAN AND SIFTER.

Application filed April 28, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l V. FRANK BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of NorthCarolina, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Combiued Ash Pans and Sifters; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combined ash pan and sifter,designed to beplaced beneath the grate of a fire place for receiving the ashes andunconsumed portions of fuel which pass below the grate, and the objectof the invention is to improve the general construction of such devicesso that the same will be of simple and durable construction, efficientin operation, can be adjusted to accommodate fire places of difierentsizes and will admit of the sifting section being conveniently detachedfrom operative position so as to admit of the unconsumed portion of thefuel, located therewithin, being emptied into a suitable receptacle orinto the grate.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accom- )anying drawing forming a part thereof, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a top plan view ofrthe combined ash pan and sifter removedfrom the fire place.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken through the fire place andthrough the ash pan, and showing the ash pan in operative position, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken through the combined ash panand sifter.

Fig. 4 is a detail section taken through the upper end of one of theside walls of a modified form of ash receiving and sifting device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A designates a fireplace, having the usual inwardly converging walls B.

The combined ash pan and sifter is shown as consisting of anashreceiving section 1 and a sifting section 2. The section 1 is ofrectangular configuration, having a bottom wall 3, opposite side walls 4and end walls 5. The upper ends of the side walls 4 of the section 1 arebent to provide hori2on- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 191%.

Serial No. 94,167.

tally disposed flanges 6, and the terminals of the walls are extendedupwardly at obtuse angles to the flanges 6, as shown at 7, and then bentupon themselves to provide portions 8- which overlie the portions 7 andthen extended horizontally to provide a flange 9, which lies above andin spaced relation with the flanges 6.

Mounted on. the upper edges of the end walls 5, of the section 1, areslidable exten sions 10. Each of these extensions consists of anelongated flat plate having its inner longitudinal edge provided withspaced slits 11, and the portion between the slits is bent downwardly toprovide a tongue 12. The inner edges of the end portions of the plateare extended beneath the flanges 6 and 9, and the extremities of theplate are bent upwardly, as shown at 13, and received by the spacebetween the portions 7 and 8 and the side walls 4 of the section 1. Theouter longitudinal edge of the plate is also bent upward, as shown at14, and owing to the upwardly extending portion 7 on the side walls andthe upwardly bent edges 14 of the extensions or plate 10, a suitableguard will be provided for preventing the ashes from falling on theoutside of the section 1. By virtue of the provision of the slidableextension 10, the section 1 can be adjusted to different lengths so asto accommodate fire places of different sizes, outward movement of theextension being limited by engagement between the tongues 12 and the endwalls 5 of the section 1. Also by the particular connection between theextensions and the section 1 the extensions can be adjusted to differentangular positions, as shown in dotted lines, so as to admit of theextensions being positioned in engagement with the side walls of thefire place and prevent any of the fuel and ashes dropping between thesection 1 and the walls of the fire place.

Mounted on the inner surfaces of the opposed side walls 4: of thesection 1 and at opposite points are a pair of U-shaped hooks 15. Thesehooks 15 admit of suitable tools being attached to the receptacle 1 soas to provide means for lifting the pan.

The sifting section 2 comprises a rectangular piece of foraminousmaterial 16, having its marginal edges secured within a frame 17. Theframe 17 consists of a metal strip bent upon itself to provide clampingportions between which the foraminous terial'i's clamped and the sidesand end portions of the frame are bent upwardly, as shown at 18, toprovide a guard for preventing any of the material deposited thereonfrom falling over the sides or ends of the section 2 when the latter isremoved.

Upon referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that when the sifting section2 is in operaw tive position the frame 17 is supported by the flanges 6and the upwardly extending portions 7 on the side walls 4 of the lower"section 1.

When the ashes and unconsumed parts of the fuel drop onto the foraminousmaterial 16, and the ashes are liberated from the fuel and dropped intothe section 1, the sifting section 2 can be removed from the section 1and the fuel thereon emptied into a suitable receptaele,'or into thegrate of the fire place. When the-section 1 has been filled with ashes,and the sifting section 2 removed suitable tools, not shown, can beforced downward in the body of the ashes within the section 1 so asto-engage the hook members 15 to admit of the section 1 being lifted orcarried to a point where it is desired to deposit the collectedashes.The said tools for removing the section 1 canbe in the nature of pokers.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1 instead of first bending the upperends of the side walls horizontally, as shown at 6, in Fig. 3, and thenforming the angular flanges '1', the said flanges are connected directlyto the upper ends of the side walls a of the lower section 1. In thisconstruction the foraminous material forming the sifting section 2 hasits marginal edges bent upwardly to provide flanges 19, and areinforcing frame 20 extends around the free edges of the angularportions 19, and. rests upon the flanges 7 Havingthus described myinvention what I claim as new,-is;

1. A device of the class described comprising an ash-receivingreceptacle having bottom, side-and'end walls, the upper edges of theside walls being bent outwardly and upwardly and then terminallybent'inwardly in spaced relation to the outwardly and upwardly'bentportions so as to define guides,

an ash 'sifter overlying the ash receptacle and consisting of a piece offoraminous material and a frame overlying and'resting on theinwardlybent terminals of the upper edges of the sides and formed of astrip of metal bent to provide clamping portions for rec'eivingthemarginal edges of the foraminous material, and an upwardly extendingportion to provide a guard, for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the class described comprising an ash-receivingreceptacle having bottom, side and end walls, guides formed on the upperedges of the side walls and extending throughout the length of the sidewalls, an ash 'sif-ter overlying the ash-receiving receptacle andresting o'nthe guldes, extensionslocated at the upper ends of the endwalls of the ash-receiving receptacle and 7' having portions ,slidablyreceived by the guides and adapted for outward longitudinal adjustmentwith respect tothe ash-receiving receptacle and the ash sifter, andmeans carried by the extensions for engaging the end walls. for limitingthe outward adjustment of the extensions.

3. A device of the class described comprising an ash receptacle havingside and end walls, the upper edges of the side walls being "bentoutwardly and upwardly and terminally bent to provide guides, an ashsifter overlying the-ash receiving receptacle, and extensions located atthe upper edges of the end walls of the ash-receiving receptacle andeach consisting of a rectangular body portion adjustably received by theguides andhaving a depending tongue formed on one of the longitudinaledges thereof for engaging the adjacent end walls of the ashreceivingreceptacle, when the sections are moved in one direction, so as to limitthe movement of the extensions in the mentioned direction.

' Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W. FRANK BROWN.

Witnesses J. S. KINLEY, D. Parsons.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, ;byaddressing'the Commissioner of JPatents,

Washington, D. C.

